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baby steps
This wasn't how she thought her day was gonna end.
She was supposed to come back from work meet with Jughead at Pop’s, have dinner and then go back either to his place, Archie's garage most specifically, or hers, her childhood bedroom at her mother's house, and cuddle until they fall asleep.
She couldn't wait to move out, but finding a place for herself in Riverdale was being far more complicated than what she originally thought.
Sadly, her plans changed, Jughead had a lot of papers to grade and the next issue of the paper to finish editing, so he'll probably be working until midnight, and she didn't want to bother him, as much as he insisted she didn't, she knew that if she was with him he would only get half of the work done because most of the time they would be involved in other activities that include a lot love, lust and nakedness.
Due her night plans being canceled she decided to take a shower, eat some leftover pie her mom left on the fridge and go through some papers she brought form work.
After showering and spending a good amount of time under the warm water to relax her body she put her underwear and fluffy robe on and before turning towards the door to go back to her room something caught her attention.
There was an unopened Tampax box on her cabinet, the thing is she didn't remember when was the last time she needed to use one of those.
Trying to not freak out she checked her period calendar in her phone to confirm something she wasn't expecting.
She was two weeks late.
She froze for a second and tried to remember if there was a chance she could possibly be pregnant. After all she was off the pill since being captive by TBK , something her doctor recomended to preserve her mental health, but as far as she remembers Jughead and her have been extra careful since they got back together.
And then it clicked that it was that one time she knew for a fact they weren't as careful as always.
...
They were at the former Blue and Gold , now Riverdale Choice office at Riverdale high, only a few weeks since they got back together, officially.
She was there because he asked for her help to edit some articles for the upcoming issue before sending it to the printers. Even if it's been years since she was the editor in chief of the paper she was still good at editing and Jughead appreciated every time she helped him. Also they tried to spend as much time as they could together.
And even though they had a history before starting dating again, they were on the honeymoon phase and couldn't take their hands off each other, just like any other new relationship.
And certainly being at the high school paper office where they spend most of their time as teenagers while dating brought some good old memories. And it was Betty who brought the subject just after finish editing her last arcticle.
"Remember when we got caught by Kevin in here? On our senior year?"
"Damn...when was the time we didn't get interrupted though?" He giggled
"Haha, good point... this reminds me that... we are the only ones in here, we won't get caught this time" she said seductively straddling his lap leaning in to kiss him.
A few minutes later she was shirtless sitting on the desk with him standing between her legs, grinding his hips with hers, her legs wrapped around him. His face was practically buried in her chest, her bra still on but pushed down.
Even if they were alone in the building she was trying hard to not be loud, just in case.
Her skirt gave him more access to that zone, and he could feel how ready and aroused she was.
"I need you" she whispered, knowing he wanted it as much as her.
He pull down his pants and her hands were directly where he wanted her the most.
"Damn it" he was trying to get words out of his mouth to stop her to not embarass himself while her hands were stroking him fast. "Betty.... shit... we need to stop" he tried to say.
"Huh?" She asked between kisses.
"I won't last long if you keep that up" he admitted frustrated.
"I want you here and now Juggie, for old times sake"
Are you sure?" He asked, and she just nodded at him and then pressed her lips against his, "Mmmm, fuck it" he moaned into the kiss as he settled himself between her tights.
It was fast, and passionate, moaning between wet kisses, getting lost in each other after every movement. One of his hands was between them, exactly where she wanted him to get her there as fast as him.
A few thrusts and they collapsed into each other, she buried her head on his bare shoulder leaving a small bite, taking a few breathes to recover from what they've just done.
"That was good" she said breathless
"Definitely" he said trying to recover his breath.
They untangled from their position and he realized they didn't use protection, "Fuck" he knew she wasn't on birth control and respected her decision so they were always careful, but this time their love and desire took over and none of them remembered.
"What is it?" She was still on the desk when she saw the mess they made between her legs. "Oh... that"
They cleaned up and went to the pharmacy to buy the Plan B pill, Jughead cheeks were deep red while Betty asked for the pill, 25 years old and he still gets embarrassed like a teenager, when having an active sex life was completely normal for people of their age.
....
She assumed that reckless night was the reason why she is two weeks late now. She tried to not overthink it, but probably the Plan B pill wasn't effective and now she might have a baby on the way with her high school boyfriend after getting back together for not longer than two months.
Not wanting to bother Jughead she tried to sleep and worry about this tomorrow but, after half an hour staring at the white ceiling she decided to text him and see if he was awake. It wasn't so late, after all it was only 1am.
He responded immediately, inviting her over so they could cuddle until they fall asleep.
She just pull on her robe, left a note to her mom and walked next door. It wasn't necessary to knock on the door because he was already waiting for her outside.
"Hey you, I'm so happy I can sleep with you tonight" he huged her tightly, when she stared up at him he grabbed her cheeks and pressed his lips against hers.
"Hey" she said smiling softly at him after the kiss.
Once they were cuddling in bed, both of their robes hanging on a chair besides his bed, he broke the silence.
"What's on your mind that you couldn't sleep?" He asked, his hands caressing her right arm that was wrapped around him, her head resting peacefully on his chest.
She took few seconds before responding, she wasn't sure if she should tell him her latest discovery or just take a test and make sure to not freak him out, but she wasn't going to sleep anytime soon if she didn't tell him, it was eating her alive, so she untangled from his warm embrace and sat on the bed, facing him.
"Jug, my period it's two weeks late, and I'm never late..." he definitely was expecting that.
"Are you pregnant?"
"I might be, I don't know"
"Is it possible even though we used protection all times?" she knew he was struggling to find the right thing to say.
"Yeah, because there was that one time we didn't..." she tried to remind him about that reckless time that could be the reason their lives were about ro change forever.
"Oh... right... but you took the Plan B pill" he remembered.
"I know... there's a chance it didn't work, I guess" he sensed her nervousness and her voice fighting to not crack, so he held her tightly against him, and asked.
"How do you feel about it? He could tell she was scared or nervous, but back when they were young they never had that conversation, so he didn't know how she felt. If this was something she wanted or not.
He was certain for a while that a baby wasn't on the books for him, he was a mess, trying to get his life together. And he didn't want to ruin the poor kid with his poor parenting examples.
"I don't know" she said honestly "I'm terrified, anxious but also confused, this never came into my mind until now, and I can't decide if this is something I want or not, you know?" She tried not to sound too harsh, after all If she was pregnant the baby would be his.
"You?"
'You don't have to worry about me, for sure this wasn't on my plans, Betts, im barley on my feet again"
"That’s fair enough"
"But, there's one thing I'm certain about, no matter what happens, everything will be okay." He swiped the small tears on her cheek "I'm gonna be with you in every step of the way, and whatever you choose, im all for it, she could tell he was as nervous and terrified as her but tried to not show it to comfort her. "We'll figure this out together, okay?"
She nodded, small tears were falling from her eyes. He hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead and caressed her hair until she fell asleep.
...
She took a test the next day. They waited nervously the results walking around her room. When the timer rang they went into the bathroom and stared at the test together. Only one pink line was visible. It was negative.
She huged him tightly, relieved.
Both agreed it wasn't the time for a baby, they weren't ready for that yet. However this was the perfect opportunity for her to ask him something she had been thinking for a little while now.
"Jug?" She caught his attention, they were cuddling on her bed, trying to get some rest, the truth is none of them had a good night sleep, thinking about the possibility of how to fit an infant into their messy lifestyle.
"How do you feel about moving together?"
This was the first step.